Vernaet_Lia_infographic 1906 The world’s first animated film was J. Stuart Blackton’s Humorous Phases Of Funny Faces. He uses a chalkboard to create stop motion (taking photos of real objects, each becoming a frame in the animation) and cutout animation (props cut out from paper or other solid materials) Gerdie the Dinosaur was animated by Winsor McCay, who claimed to be the “first man in the world to create ani-mated cartoons”. The film was a huge sucess, and it is said that even Disney struggled to recapture the quality of McCay’s animation. It is the earliest well known animation in history. 1914 Snow White was a reolutionary moment for animation. It was the first full-length cel animated feature film, and Disney’s first film. Though some of the animation involved tracing real life footage, the film was a huge breakthough in animation and set the standards for the future. 1937 After Snow White, Disney continued to produce animated films that would go down in history, an inspiration and example for the future. Animation became a frequent part of Hollywood and the art became very significant. 1950s-1980s The era betwen 1989 to 1999 is known as the Disney Renaissance. More musical films were created in addition to using the stories of the past, which resulted in the films becoming more successful than any Disney had made beforehand. At thistime, 3D animation began to be incorporated along with the traditional 2D animation. 1989+ The History and Process of Animation Animation Animation Fun Fact Disney and Pixar collaborated for the first time in 1995 to createToy Story, the very first animated film created entirely on a computer. Only 27 animators worked on the film, as 3D animationwas a new profession that few were familiar with. Fun Fact The Fox and the Hound was a turning point in Disney animation. Itwas the last film that many of Disneys original animators worked on,including Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, and Cliff Nordberg, animatorswho had worked on films as early as Snow White. New animatorsbegan moving in to take their place as these legends retired. Fun Fact During World War 2 after the attack on Pearl Harbor, many of Disneysanimators were drafted into the armed forces. During this time,Disney began releasing multiple war propaganda films, including Der Fuehrers Face, an animated short in which Donald Duck ishaving a nightmare about working in a factory in Nazi Germany. Fun Fact Winsor McCay first saw the possibility of making moving picturesafter seeing flipbooks his son brought home. Inspired, he createdan animated short called Little Nemo, which consisted of overfour thousand drawings on rice paper. Fun Fact Stop motion animation is created by taking a photograph of a realobject, moving it slightly, then taking another and repeating theprocess until the animation is complete. The Nightmare Before Christmaconsisted of 227 puppets each with multiple heads, Jack Skellingtonhaving around 400. Storyboards One of the first and most important piecesof animation are the storyboards. They canbe simple or very detailed sketches of amoment, or sometimes even a single framein an animation. The entire film is pieced together using these storyboards, and when it looks just right, the animators take over and refer to the storyboards when animating the final product. Model Sheets A model sheet, also known as a character sheet, is a reference for animators to use when drawing. Hundreds of animators will work on the same project and will have their own drawing styles. This ensures that the design, behavior, and proportions of the character stay exactly the same, despite the many different animators working on them. Lining and Inking Lining and inking (or coloring) is one of the final steps in animation. The frames are drawn neatly in their final versions, and then colored in. Backin the early days of animation, this was all done by hand with ink and paint, hense the term “inking”. Today, it is all done digitally. Once the frames are put together along with a background and other effects, the animation is complete!